Motor development: A new synthesis

American Psychologist

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 79-95

  Thelen, Esther ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

APTITUDE; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0029249908     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.50.2.79     Document Type: Article

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